I am ACMS major and first-year student John Kurtz, but everyone calls me Jack. If you're reading this, however, you probably won't use either of those names; rather, you will probably refer to me as カーツ.
I have a lot of reasons for wanting to take Japanese, and I will list them here in order of most important to least important. I think a list will prove to be more interesting and concise than a wall of text.
- I want to visit Japan
My friend from high school and I both agreed that we would visit Japan together one day. The problem, though, is that neither of us know Japanese. Simple enough. To be completely honest, the main reason I want to visit Japan is to eat a lot of food there.
- I think that Japanese culture is very interesting
It's a little hard for me to express, but there is something about the culture and history of Japan that I find really appealing and interesting. So that's that.
- Video Games
I like video games in general, but it seems the games that I like the most often come from Japan. I would say my favorite series of all time is the Dark Souls series published by Namco Bandai and directed and produced by Hidetaka Miyazaki. Knowing Japanese would help me learn a little more about these games and access some of them early if they come out in Japan first.
- Anime
I like some anime and watch it from time to time. I guess it'd be cool to be able to understand what is being said rather than reading subtitles.
I guess that's all I've got for now. Oh, yeah, one more thing. There's this pretty funny video about the history of Japan that I think is definitely worth watching. I'll warn you that it has some explicit language in case that's something that you want to avoid. I don't know if it's actually all that accurate, I just know that it made me laugh.
